1. Creativity and storyboard: First of all, you need to have a creativity or storyboard to decide the theme, plot and role of your animated short video. You can draw key scenes and action sequences, and set the appearance and personality of the character.
2. Role design: Design your role according to the storyboard. This includes the character's appearance, clothes, hair, facial expressions and movements. You can use professional drawing software (such as Adobe Illustrator) or online tools (such as Canva or Medibang) to create roles.
3. Layout and animation: Before making an animated video, you need to create a layout for each scene. This includes setting the background, placing characters and props. You can use animation software (such as Adobe Animate) or rendering software (such as Blender) to create animated scenes.
4. Animation effect: Add animation effect to your character. This includes setting the actions, expressions and gestures of the character. You can use keyframe animation or bone animation to animate a character.
5. Sound effects and music: Choose the sound effects and music suitable for your animated short film to enhance the audience's experience. You can use audio editing software (such as Adobe Audition) or online music library (such as FreeSound or PremiumBeat) to obtain appropriate sound effects and background music.
6. Post-production: After the animation is completed, post-production can be carried out, including adjusting the color of the picture, adding special effects and transition effects, editing and mixing. You can use video editing software (such as Adobe Premiere Pro) to complete these post-processing.
7. Export and share: Finally, export your animated short film to a suitable format (such as MP4) and prepare to share it with the audience. You can upload it to video sharing sites (such as YouTube or Youku) or social media platforms (such as Instagram or Tik Tok) and share it with more people.
Making animated short videos requires certain technical and artistic creativity. If you are a novice, you may need to spend time studying and practicing to improve your skills and creative level. In addition, exploring various online tutorials, courses and forums is also a good way to improve animation production skills.